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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

So, this is a music blog. And a humor blog and a trash talk blog and a bitchy blog, but mostly a music blog. I am obsessed with music. Duh. Since I was born with a terrible voice and absolutely no hand-eye coordination or music-reading capabilities, my hopes for musical ability have manifested in an uncanny gift for creating the perfect compilation CD. (In my humble opinion, that is, and for what it's worth.) For instance, I created a string of mixes for my sister that spanned 19 discs and roughly 360 songs. Since her music repertoire now consists primarily of the Fresh Beat Band and Yo Gabba Gabba (remember - she's about to burst with her third little rugrat), I decided my mixes for her were probably going to waste. So, for 2011, I have decided to create one mix per month (and sometimes two), purely for personal consumption. These tend to be completed around the middle to the end of the month and generally consist of 18-19 choice tunes.

I have decided the that by not sharing my fantastic selections with you, fair readers, I have been doing you a great disservice. As such, I have created a new series of entries entitled "The Mixed Tape" (as you can plainly read), through which I will impart my genius on you all. You may like my taste or you may hate it - though I don't see how! But hopefully, if nothing else, you might find some inspiration to investigate new bands and sounds. Enjoy!

(PS - Songs in bold are my most favoritest right now.)

(PPS - A lot of this year's mixes have been inspired by Big Love, which has a KILLER soundtrack. Down the road I will provide you with the song list from the entire series. You're welcome in advance.)

Part I - January: Happy Birthday to Me!!

Home - Engineers

Letters from the Sky - Civil Twilight

Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket

The Fallout - O.A.R.

Chasing Pavements - Adele

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service

I'd Rather Be With You - Joshua Radin

Fidelity - Regina Spektor

Moth's Wings - Passion Pit

Flying Horses - Dispatch

Seven Days in Sunny June - Jamiroquai

Sugar We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy

Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters

Strict Machine - Goldfrapp

Misery Business - Paramore

Little Bird - Annie Lennox

Stay Young - We the Kings

Strictly Game - Harlem Shakes

Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead

Part II - February: Love Stinks! (though I'm not feeling that way so much these days...)

Really into Miike Snow right now. Also, love the new Architecture in Helsinki, Beastie Boys, Noah and the Whale, TV on the Radio, others. I should just email you a list of my favorites right now. Oh, and Jonsi. LOVING the Jonsi album he released last year.

Seriously, I could go on and on. Going to definitely check out some of your suggestions here though that I don't have.

Okay, I really could go on and on, but here is a short list of what I am into lately. These are albums, not songs.

1. The National - High Violet (Insanely good!) 2. The Decemberists - The King is Dead3. Architecture In Helsinki - Moment Bends4. Menomena - Mines5. Jonsi - Go6. Noah & the Whale - Last Night On Earth (sounds like you have this one)7. The Naked & Famous - Passive Me8. Radiohead - The King of Limbs9. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light10. Mates of State - Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)11. Matt & Kim - Sidewalks

POP! Goes the Culture...

Virtual Rupert...

A little note about Virtual Rupert. Virtual Rupert drives the real Rupert C-RAZY. I happened to run my mouse over VR a couple of times with RR lying next to me, and VR "meowed". RR woke with a start, and ran to the back door to look out the window for the mystery cat. Kind of breaks my heart, really. I think the real Rupert is looking for a friend...